shamans, doctors, magicians, and medicine

The Lost Traditions of Practice

Lessons from Magic School

Part Three

"Appearances will not trap you: Accepting appearances as real will trap you" Gehlek Rinpoche, restating Tilopa's advice to Naropa during a talk in Cleveland in 2005

Medicine and Shamanism

Having already explored some of the fundamental features of the relationship skills central to performance magic, it is now possible to classify the conjurer's level of practice into a three level system. This has been done in accordance with the nature of intent and level of relationship between performer and spectator;